Animal Crossing Plaza, a WaraWara Plaza-like app for Wii U. Limited time promotion for Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Nintendo. "Official Sweepstakes Rules". animal-crossing.com. Archived from the original on September 23, 2002. The game was released in North America in 2002. To prepare the game for release, Nintendo of America embarked on an extensive localization, headed by Nate Bihldorff and Rich Amtower. Their efforts resulted in a substantial increase of in-game text compared to Doubutsu no Mori, and the change of many distinctly-Japanese cultural elements to make them more recognizable to a western audience. Additional content was implemented, such as entirely new holidays, items, and characters. Certain events were also changed to have broader appeal in western regions. This version of the game was also later released in Australia in 2003, and across Europe in 2004. Animal Forest". N-Sider.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011 . Retrieved November 14, 2013. Redd's uniform during the Fireworks Show is completely different in both versions. In the Japanese version, he wears a red and white Hachimaki with a feather attached, and a deep-blue Haori over his usual apron. In the international version, he wears a sports visor and full-length apron with red and white stripes and the letter B emblazoned on it.

Obtained in a letter from Tom Nook after the N02 Mario Bros Animal Crossing-e card is scanned at the eTM in the post office. [nb 5]a b Abou-Nasr, Adam. "Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer Bundles Announced for UK and Australia". Nintendo World Report . Retrieved February 13, 2017. GameSpot Staff (December 30, 2002). " GameSpot 's Best and Worst of 2002". GameSpot. Archived from the original on February 7, 2003.

The following is a complete list of villagers who appear at some point throughout the Animal Crossing series . As of the release of the 2.0 update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, there are a total of 488 villagers, 35 species, and 8 personalities across all games in the series. 105 villagers have appeared in all mainline games, but only 100 villagers have appeared in every Animal Crossing series game including spin-offs. All games return from Animal Crossing, with the exception of Ice Climber, Legend of Zelda, Mario Bros, and Super Mario Bros. The items retain their North American designs. Tortimer wears glasses with white blue lenses and a red zucchetto in the Japanese version. He also wears a white rope around his chest. Doubutsu no Mori features 216 villagers in total (105 have appeared in all mainline games since). The GameCube ports, Doubutsu no Mori+ and Animal Crossing, introduce 2 new villagers and 18 islanders (6 of these 20 new villagers having appeared in all mainline games since), bringing the total to 236. Doubutsu no Mori e+ introduces 66 additional villagers (6 of which were only available via promotional-only e-Reader cards) and 18 additional islanders (21 of these 84 new villagers having appeared in all mainline games since), bringing the total to 320. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (October 16, 2021). "Animal Crossing New Horizons: Deserted Island Diary Manga Changes Magazines". Anime News Network . Retrieved October 21, 2022.Torres, Timothy (September 13, 2014). "How to Beast With Villager, Mega Man in Super Smash Bros. 3DS Demo". PC Magazine. Ziff Davis . Retrieved February 13, 2017. New Leaf [e] was announced at E3 2010. [22] It was released for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan on November 8, 2012, North America on June 9, 2013, Europe on June 14, 2013, and Australia on June 15, 2013. [23] For the first time in the series, players are appointed to the role of Mayor. [24] Placed in the player's house if they used the Data Moving Service to transfer their data from Doubutsu no Mori to Doubutsu no Mori+. [nb 4]